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rangemerge t1_j5g9c6h wrote

Reply to comment by Unable-Bison-272 in Despicable by KermitThrush

Never experienced this anywhere until I came to Maine. Caring about where someone is born is such a foreign concept to me it took me a while to wrap my head around it.

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Unable-Bison-272 t1_j5gb5to wrote

I left the state partially because of this miserable attitude. My drunk neighbor held a knife to my neck and told me if he killed me he wouldn’t be convicted because I was “a fa**ot from Massachusetts.” My last time in Blue Hill I went to a bar and ate a quiet meal and had a couple beers. The bartender asked me where I was from. I said Central Mass, Worcester area. Called me the same slur and pitched a fit when I didn’t tip him. Fuck this attitude.

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squidsquidsquid t1_j5gb1m1 wrote

It's a thing in VT as well.

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jqpeub t1_j5ghmfa wrote

Not in my experience, I was born in California but I'm definitely a Vermonter and I've never heard anyone complain. Maine seems to take it more serious

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LegitimateAbalone267 t1_j5h2fx9 wrote

I’ve been here almost 14 years and I still can’t wrap my head around the “from away” BS.

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